Willetts reveals Finch open-access proposals Willetts revealed that the Finch Working Group had come up with two working proposals. Going forward, articles could either be published under a ‘green’ model, whereby publishers would be allowed to charge subscriptions but for a limited period, or under a ‘gold’ regime, where the funder would pay for the costs of publication as part of the research process.” http://www.thebookseller.com/news/willetts-reveals-finch-open-access-proposals.html

“Public Access” to Scientific Literature? As a scientist, I appreciate the potential of public access, even if it is delayed, to the research funded by the government. However, as a publisher, I am strongly opposed to the government mandating access without my consent or input. Government support of a scientist's research does not mean that the public has a right to the product created by the publisher. http://www.fasebj.org/content/26/5/1767.long

The solution to the ‘serials crisis’ on campus While it is tempting to focus on the predatory pricing strategy of publishers, it is the persistent unwillingness of universities to address the fundamental misalignment between the interests of their faculty and their libraries that has allowed the situation to fester. Had the leaders of major research universities attacked this issue head on at any point since the deep economic flaws in system became apparent in the 1990s, we would not be facing this problem today. The solution is obvious: universities must stop outsourcing vital functions to publishers. They need to shift the currency of academic success from the title of the journal in which a scholar’s works are published to the inherent quality of their research. And they need to immediately stop spending money on journal subscriptions, investing instead in the new forms of scholarly communication appropriate for the Internet age. http://bostonglobe.com/opinion/2012/05/09/the-solution-serials-crisis-campus/sF4jZkPDqQGjB9JLG5COFI/story.html

The weakening relationship between the Impact Factor and papers' citations in the digital age Should this pattern continue, it might bring an end to the use of the Impact Factor as a way to evaluate the quality of journals, papers and researchers.” http://arxiv.org/abs/1205.4328